Company:Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.
Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
General Summary:*** This position is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.***Minimum Qualifications:• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
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Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
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PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
Primary Job Duties- Design, develop, unit test, and document next-generation Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 8 protocol features.
- Design, implement, and maintain Linux wireless drivers for Qualcomm Access Point (AP) SoCs.
- Analyze requirements and develop software solutions to optimize wireless system performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Participate in software design, feature implementation, code reviews, debugging, integration, and regression testing activities.
- Bring up, validate, and enable wireless driver functionality on new AP hardware platforms.
- Optimize wireless driver performance, throughput, latency, and system resource utilization.
- Debug and resolve complex Wi-Fi protocol, interoperability, performance, and system crash issues.
- Collaborate closely with firmware, hardware, protocol, validation, and systems engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Work with the open-source community to upstream ath12k and related driver enhancements into the Linux kernel.
- Develop and maintain technical design documents, implementation specifications, and feature documentation.
- Support customer issue investigation and occasionally travel to customer sites for technical debugging and resolution activities.
Preferred Qualifications- 3-6 years of hands-on experience in Networking, Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11), Linux kernel, or device driver development.
- Strong programming skills in C, data structures, and algorithms.
- Solid experience with Linux kernel architecture and Linux device driver development.
- Good understanding of networking fundamentals and networking protocol stacks.
- Experience with Linux networking subsystems and networking components within the Linux kernel.
- Experience developing Ethernet, Wireless LAN, or other networking drivers.
- Strong debugging, root cause analysis, and problem-solving skills for complex system-level issues.
- Knowledge of wireless communication protocols, access point architecture, and WLAN driver frameworks.
Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $134,500.00 - $201,700.00
The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.
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